Come on Frenchie you know you would get this sort of response. OK maybe not to the degree you did (the comments that managed to stay on the thread are pretty vulgar) ;-)

I agree Britexpat, but it depends a little on the country. Big problems for an openly gay footballer in Britain, but a gay footballer in the US, where it is a very middleclass, white sport with teams like LA Galaxy, would be no big deal because it already has a good-sized gay following. In fact, it would probably be a boon to his career. Not sure about the rest of Europe . . .

Regardless I do think it would be a good thing for more athletes to come out of the closet.